goodgrief

goodgrief has 5 years experience and specializes in Gas, ICU, ACLS, PALS, BLS.

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1. Cricoid Pressure

   goodgrief replied to SBURNSTEVEN's topic in CRNA

   honestly I never have anyone give cricoid pressure. it usually makes your view worse. it also decreases lower esophageal sphincter tone, I've seen several articles that are debunking the use of cricoid pressure so I don't do it anymore

2. Cricoid Pressure

   goodgrief replied to SBURNSTEVEN's topic in CRNA

   you have them let go once you confirm placement of ETT. Gold standard for confirmation of ETT is ETCO2 (at least 3 waveforms), bilateral breath sounds, and visualization of fog in the tube on expiration

3. Not sure CRNA is for me

   goodgrief replied to Sleepygirl09's topic in CRNA

   I read a statistic the other day that said only 27% of college grads have a job related to their major beyond 5 years of graduating. It seems like 5 years out of school is the magic number where people question their decision of careers. For me a job...

4. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

   goodgrief replied to 06crna's topic in CRNA

   Are you the anesthesia chuck norris?

5. Would you rather be a CRNP?

   goodgrief replied to Bluebolt's topic in CRNA

   I also had the same question and the reason I decided to become a CRNA and not a NP is b/c I wanted to stay hands on and in the clinical setting. It seems like most NP's follow a doctor around and enter orders and type up progress notes, no thank you...

6. Which kind of ICU experience is best and where?

   goodgrief replied to rnrn10's topic in SRNA

   You'll likely be accepted to whatever school you apply to depending on your GRE scores. Don't go to a different ICU especially if you're under contract, just focus on taking care of the sickest patients that are on your ICU. My suggestion when applyi...

7. New grads in specialties without the basics

   goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Your article basically only discussed how CC's are more flexible and cost effective. To me that translates into cheap tuition = low quality training. Plus your link mentioned only community colleges in general, it said NOTHING about nursing programs ...

8. New grads in specialties without the basics

   goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   the "master's programs" in this list are pretty much the same big name schools that are in the undergrad list that I just posted, see above

9. New grads in specialties without the basics

   goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Best Nursing Schools in the US | CollegeAtlas.org grad school, undergrad, they're mostly the same. this link has a list of nursing schools rankings (non-grad school) my point is that no community college or get-me-thru-your-nursing-program-as-fast-a...

10. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    here are the 2015 US News and World Report rankings of nursing schools Best Nursing School Rankings | Nursing Program Rankings | US News if you're complaining about how your nursing program didn't provide you with certain rotations, or you didn't get...

11. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe these posts I'm reading.....nursing students who never started an IV, foley cath, NG tube, etc during nursing school? Shame on your schools and on you for choosing a school that you didn't thoroughly research before applying. I'm prou...

12. New grads in specialties without the basics

    goodgrief replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    there are no skills on a general ward that you can't also learn in a specialty unit

13. How old were you when you started CRNA school?

    goodgrief replied to Nolander's topic in SRNA

    Age doesn't always mean that you're an experienced provider. I know many MDs/CRNAs that went to school MUCH later in life. You asked people not just to tell you, "Go for it," so I gave my honest opinion. In my post, I said that 77-year-old works on m...

14. How old were you when you started CRNA school?

    goodgrief replied to Nolander's topic in SRNA

    Think of how a laboring OB patient would feel about some guy walking in all hunched over with back problems, possibly with a cane or a walker, and telling her he's going to place her epidural. We have a 77-year-old contractor that works on our OB flo...

15. Georgetown Nurse Anesthesia 2014

    goodgrief replied to westcoast1's topic in SRNA

    One clinical question they asked me was: A patient arrives to your SICU intubated, O2 sats are 75% with good waveform, what is the FIRST thing you do?